2 Kings 4:39

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And one went out into the field, so that he might collect wild herbs. And he found something like a wild vine, and he gathered from it bitter fruits of the field, and he filled his cloak. And returning, he cut these up for the pot of soup. But he did not know what it was.

Cross References

Genesis 25:29

Then Jacob boiled a small meal. Esau, when he had arrived weary from the field,

1 Kings 6:18

And the entire house was clothed with cedar on the interior, having its turnings and junctures artfully wrought, with carvings projecting outward. Everything was clothed with panels of cedar. And no stone at all was able to be seen in the wall.

2 Kings 4:38

And Elisha returned to Gilgal. Now there was a famine in the land, and the sons of the prophets were living in his sight. And he said to one of his servants, "Set out a large cooking pot, and boil a soup for the sons of the prophets."

2 Kings 4:40

Then they poured it out for their companions to eat. And when they had tasted the mixture, they cried out, saying, "Death is in the cooking pot, O man of God!" And they were unable to eat.

Proverbs 19:2

Where there is no knowledge of the soul, there is no good. And whoever hurries with his feet will stumble.

Isaiah 5:4

What more should I have done for my vineyard that I did not do for it? Should I not have expected it to produce grapes, though it produced wild vines?

Jeremiah 2:21

Yet I planted you as an elect vineyard, with only true seed. Then how have you been turned away from me, toward that which is depraved, O strange vineyard?

Matthew 15:13

But in response he said: "Every plant which has not been planted by my heavenly Father shall be uprooted.

Hebrews 12:15

Be contemplative, lest anyone lack the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness spring up and impede you, and by it, many might be defiled,